{"id":792,"date":"2010-03-02T07:32:34","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T12:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverdogprints.com\/dogblog\/?p=792"},"modified":"2010-03-02T07:32:34","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T12:32:34","slug":"book-review-art-of-racing-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/book-review-art-of-racing-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review &#8211; &#8220;The Art of Racing in the Rain&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are some days I just throw my paws up in the air.  If I had chosen to write a book, instead of a blog, and had the wear-with-all to finish it, this would be the book I&#8217;d have written.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.garthstein.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/art-of-racing.jpg\" alt=\"click for more book information\" title=\"click for more book information\" width=\"510\" height=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-793\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe narrator is Enzo, a smart, funny, TV-educated dog.  He tells the story of his life with Denny, an aspiring (human) race car driver.  The book is about family and connections and hope.  I was able to read it in three days, as the story whips along with Enzo&#8217;s wit and wisdom.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;re a human, you wonder what your dog is thinking.  This book will have you talking to your dog much more and believing she understands you.  I don&#8217;t want to tell any more of the book&#8217;s story here.  It&#8217;s a great read, so pick one up for yourself, dog or not.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAnd human, you don&#8217;t need to wonder about your dog.  Just look in her eyes&#8230; she gets you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some days I just throw my paws up in the air. If I had chosen to write a book, instead of a blog, and had the wear-with-all to finish it, this would be the book I&#8217;d have written. The narrator is Enzo, a smart, funny, TV-educated dog. He tells the story of his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-dogs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}